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How did Japan come to dominate the video game industry in the 90s?

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When and why did the idea of Austria as Hitler's first victim develop?

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Why did the Philippines lag behind in development in the latter half of the 20th century in comparison to countries like the Asian Tigers and Japan?

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How did Ashkenazi Jews become the predominant Jewish population in the world?

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How major were Robert E. Howard's contributions to the fantasy genre?

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Did the post-Stalin CPSU ever fear their internal security organs like the KGB turning on them or seizing control of the state? Did they ever institute any institutional safeguards to prevent something like this from happening?

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Did the Greek colonies that were established around the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea such as Sicily for example resemble modern day settler colonialism (Australia/Canada/USA) in anyways?

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Why did Greek culture become so dominant during the Hellenistic era that it spread across the Mediterranean? Was it just just due to the conquests of Alexander and the rise of the Successor States from his conquests or were there other reasons?

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How did the south of China (the area south of the Yangtze River) become Chinese? Given that there were non-Chinese peoples living there, were these people simply Sinicized or were they pushed out and replaced by settlers/refugees from Northern China fleeing war and instability ?

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How did the urban legend that the US government created HIV as a bioweapon develop?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did Japan come to dominate the video game industry in the 90s?	20
When and why did the idea of Austria as Hitler's first victim develop?	17
Why did the Philippines lag behind in development in the latter half of the 20th century in comparison to countries like the Asian Tigers and Japan?	14
How did Ashkenazi Jews become the predominant Jewish population in the world?	12
How major were Robert E. Howard's contributions to the fantasy genre?	12
Did the post-Stalin CPSU ever fear their internal security organs like the KGB turning on them or seizing control of the state? Did they ever institute any institutional safeguards to prevent something like this from happening?	11
Did the Greek colonies that were established around the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea such as Sicily for example resemble modern day settler colonialism (Australia/Canada/USA) in anyways?	11
Why did Greek culture become so dominant during the Hellenistic era that it spread across the Mediterranean? Was it just just due to the conquests of Alexander and the rise of the Successor States from his conquests or were there other reasons?	10
How did the south of China (the area south of the Yangtze River) become Chinese? Given that there were non-Chinese peoples living there, were these people simply Sinicized or were they pushed out and replaced by settlers/refugees from Northern China fleeing war and instability ?	8
How did the urban legend that the US government created HIV as a bioweapon develop?	8